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HYDE PARK — We’ve had a few calls recently from companies where the CEO has said: I want my people to know how to manage change… and they don’t now. The candour appeals to me. I’d only separate the “change” from “manage” to make a point. Few of us are really good at managing change. (With Able and [...] LONDON — Why does W.H Smith have this new category of books in all it’s bigger stores? (See photo above.) Why are we obsessed with misery? I was talking to someone who works in occupational health and safety last week. And I was surprised to hear that, even in heavily manufacturing businesses, the big issues are [...] WATERLOO — Who worked longer hours: 19th century miners or 21st century Londoners? We think we know the answer, don’t we? It is easy — and essentially correct — to say that the modern worker also has more choices, more disposable income and a longer life expectancy. However today’s newspapers also explain that most of us will [...] PICCADILLY — The reports are in. Almost half of the working population “worked from home” yesterday. How do you do that? Our receptionist worked from home yesterday. What? How do you do that? At our Sainsbury’s near the office on Tottenham Court Road the shelves are all getting a bit bare. I am guessing that’s because the delivery guys [...]
LONDON — I have long been a fan of Alfie Kohn the author and professor. Earlier today he tweeted (yes, that’s a verb now) with a link to an article he wrote in 2003 called “What does it mean to be well educated?” Like most things he writes I find it sets me to thinking about [...] DISTRICT LINE — There seems only to be bad news for kids these days. They are far more likely to get H1N1 flu. They have unemployment numbers that haven’t been seen in 15 years. And what do they see us doing about it? Not much. “Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we have already eaten.”
HAMMERSMITH — I am meeting my friend Gillian today for a tea. She’s become a bit of a corporate goodness guru. And I love talking to her. Personally, I am still unsure about CSR programmes and how they fit with company communications and change. Is that a bad thing to admit? I suspect it is. I believe strongly [...] BROOK GREEN — There’s no one on the roads today. In London that’s quite something. But it happens quite a lot. We might get up at 6 and get home at 10, but we don’t seem to do that 52 weeks of the year. I think the road are quiet today because half the population is [...] SOUTH WEST LONDON — It’s a beautiful day. I have already cleaned the fridge and had two cups of half tea, half-sugar. It’s a wonder I can sit still at all. I turn forty-three a little later today. And the long expected mid-life crisis has still not shown itself. I look at guys like me in [...] THE CENTRAL LINE — I read an article this morning that I have been mulling over all day. There are probably many reasons not to write about it… not least because I am not a woman… but I can’t think of any reason that is really good enough. It has to do with the different way in [...] |
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